| | | This research explores strategies for effectively preparing for and mitigating the impact of seismic natural disasters on individuals and their health. The study underscores the potential for sustainable furniture solutions to play a pivotal role, emphasising the critical need for proactive disaster risk reduction. Drawing on descriptive analysis of case studies from events such as the Tokyo and Paris Olympics, the research employs an analytical framework to examine the application of recycled cardboard furniture in addressing the needs of disaster-prone regions. The study advocates for locally sourced solutions to enhance preparedness, response, and recovery efforts by optimising the utilisation of sustainable furniture, particularly in developing countries like Palestine. The findings suggest that leveraging locally recycled cardboard furniture can offer a scalable, cost-effective approach to furnishing disaster-affected areas, facilitating ease of transportation, storage, and assembly without requiring specialised skills.
| Visual Arts | Visual Arts | 11/2/2025 | Visual Arts | | | | Objectives: This study aims to explore the dynamic interaction between graphic art and its recipients, drawing insights from artist Soto's experience with interactive installations. It seeks to address key questions, such as how Soto achieved interactive artistic engagement in his installations, particularly in relation to the recipient and external surroundings. The research also examines the impact of these works on the reception mechanism of installation art. Methods: The study used the descriptive analytical approach in observing and analyzing four works of art by the artist Soto and their impact on outer space with the recipient. Results: The study showed that the interactive installation of the artist Soto took his artistic achievement out of its narrow space to the galleries to open up to a wider field in partnership with outer space. It also revealed that interactive installation is an example of the overlapping of arts, as a group of arts participated with each other to produce a contemporary artwork that proceeds from the interaction of the recipient within his culture. Conclusions: The study concluded that the recipient forms an essential component of the texture of the interactive installation work. It also showed that Soto's work has contributed to integration and unity through the integration of the recipient's body into the texture of the artwork. Recipient interaction within the artwork has added integrated aesthetic values conveyed through the interplay of visual and sensorial elements. This significantly enhances the overall impact of the artwork.
| Visual Arts | Visual Arts | 11/16/2025 | Visual Arts | | | | answer the research questions: how did the Arab artist repre-sent the poetic language and transform it into a visual language, and what are the poetic themes and the mechanism of producing the artwork? The researcher relies on the descriptive analytical method to dissect the artistic works that were inspired by poetry, choosing artistic experiences of five artists from different countries whose works focused on the research topic based on the theoretical framework of the interplay of arts (poetry and painting). This study aims to reveal the importance of the poetic image in shaping the visual image in contem-porary Arab art and to explain the effect of the artist’s inspiration from poetic poems. The study culminated in several key results, among which the most note-worthy is the substantial influence of poetry on contemporary Arab art, both thematically and in the artistic process. This research highlights the emergence of innovative forms in Arab art, particularly the integration of art books along-side traditional painting and the incorporation of Arabic calligraphy into the very essence of artworks that draw inspiration from poetry. These findings under-score the dynamic interplay between literary and visual arts in the Arab artistic landscape, reflecting a rich fusion of mediums and styles.
| Visual Arts | Visual Arts | 10/7/2025 | Visual Arts | | | | This conceptual paper aims to present a multimodal critique of the visual language in the short film Ismail. It analyses the social semiotics represented in the film's composition of image and language, which portrays a day story from the Palestinian visual artist Ismail Shammout (1930-2006) in the diaspora. From an aesthetic perspective, the research focuses on the social construction of an artist's identity through visual language. Such film transforms the artist's narrative into a communicational oeuvre in Arabic to represent an individual description of the Palestinian diaspora, which constructed one of the prominent grand narratives in the modern history of Arab Art. The main character in the film is Ismail, a Palestinian painter who performs his daily job as a candy seller in the streets. The argumentation in this critique depends on the aesthetic manifestations of the social semiotics of Arab Art in the film. Throughout the …
| Visual Arts | Visual Arts | 9/15/2025 | Visual Arts | | | | Talking about the importance of the imagination in sculptural works has a role in shaping the collective memory and moving it, whether it is an artistic, social, religious or historical imagination. Because it documents the cultural heritage of any country through the structural structure of the sculptural form, and its connotations and symbols, which are considered an effective aesthetic image in the crystallization of various intellectual concepts and contents. Therefore, the study aimed to know the employment of the popular imagination in the artistic works of the sculptor (Muhammad Ghani Hikmat), as well as to reveal the artistic and aesthetic features of the folklore and its reflection on its artistic style. And the references of the artwork, and in light of the above, the two researchers reached a set of results, the most important of which are: the ability of the artist, through the connotations and symbols inspired by the popular imagination, to bring back to mind the traditional stories and legends as a circulating collective discourse, and also the works of the artist who are aware of his cultural heritage reflect the extent of his ability to spontaneously narrate stories The collective popular imagination by adapting the material in an authentic and contemporary expressive artistic style, The sculptural edifices of (Muhammad Ghani Hikmat) appeared in a balanced manner through the mass with a regular rhythm, which gave the formative structure an expressive value in harmony with the space, and became a clear relationship with it.
| Design and Visual Communication | Design and Visual Communication | 8/5/2025 | Design and Visual Communication | | | | GERASA, in north Jordan, dating to the Roman period, has been found to contain impressive and well-Musicians and Musical instruments carving on architecture elements (pedestal or candelabrum base). The Gerasa carving expertly combined motifs with a long tradition, some going back to the Roman imperial age and earlier. This study is concerned with the musical instruments appear on architecture elements. The article provides a study of the musical instruments that can be classified into two main types: Aulos and Kithara. Purpose of this paper is to examine the details of those instruments and compare them with other musical instruments from the Roman period, where influences in design within and between regions can be seen. Wherever possible, comparative examples have been chosen from sites that are relatively nearby to establish an overview of musical instruments in the region, but also to distinguish the influences coming from Asia Minor and other areas.
| Music Arts | Music Arts | 9/17/2025 | Music Arts | | | | he research aims at identifying the contents of the Palestinian folk song in the Ain Al-Basha district in Jordan, by defining its characteristics, functions, and objectives. Then learn about the traditions related to the different occasions that contributed to the development of such songs, the lyrical style of each song, and the musical notation of the song. This research discusses the basic elements of folklore songs in the Ain Al-Basha district in terms of melody, rhythm and words. It also discusses the most prominent topics of folk songs such as wedding songs. The researcher has followed the descriptive analytical approach, and the research is targeting musicologists, musical composers and critics in different musical fields, in addition, the research is beneficiary to academic musical institutions.
| Music Arts | Music Arts | 9/10/2025 | Music Arts | | | | This study examines the play Paper for Love, written by Jordanian playwright Laila Al-Atrash. Furthermore, it analyzes the views of different ideologies—namely capitalism, absurdism, religious extremism, and religious moderation—regarding the play’s poisonous emissions that threaten the world's sustainability and examines how each of these ideologies views the underlying causes of Earth's environmental degradation. The research shows how the absurdist view, by criticizing the world as it is now, ends child exploitation, war, hunger, and greed. The capitalist view, on the other hand, rejects the capitalist tenets it has been pursuing by destroying the environment while pretending to be religiously fervent. This is because poisonous emissions threaten to destroy the environment. This perception gives false hopes of a redirection of exploitative practices toward the individual and the environment; however, such hopes fade with the alleviation of the impending danger. In addition, the study shows that the characteristics of religious extremism place the danger caused by toxic gases on individuals’ straying from their faith and correlating their misfortunes with a lack of devotion and moral degradation. In contrast, people brought together by love from different religious backgrounds argue that the tragedies in the world are only a byproduct of intolerance and a failure to accept diversity. The author maintains that, although there are international efforts towards establishing legal frameworks intended to prevent genocide and environmental destruction, such efforts, although necessary, are still inadequate.
| Theater Arts | Theater Arts | 10/26/2025 | Theater Arts | | | | This research investigates the question of who is responsible for crafting the image of women in Arab theater. It presents a comprehensive panorama of the topic across the Arab world before delving into a case study from Jordan: the play “The Mask” by Jordanian playwright Nawal Al-Ali. The research also delves into the themes of sexuality and feminist creativity within Arab theater, questioning whether they represent radicalism or a necessity. It reveals, firstly, that the depiction of women from the dawn of creation has been shaped by the exegesis of sacred texts, casting her in the role of the tempter, portraying women as instruments of sexual allure in numerous works and contexts. Secondly, the study posits that the doctrines of patriarchal authority elucidate the male endeavor to dominate the sexual autonomy of women, their personal assets, and the theater of war, encompassing violence, assault, and enslavement as separate phenomena. The research sample demonstrates that, from the veil to nudity, men have dictated women’s clothing and modesty (or lack thereof) throughout history. Still, Nawal Al-Ali's text does not exhibit extremism; rather, it serves as a wake-up call for women to reclaim their humanity and assert their agency in choosing their own attire, free from the dictates of men. Furthermore, the research demonstrates that globalization and the decline of modernity have reduced women to mere commodities to be exploited by large corporations for financial gain. Therefore, the researcher passionately believes that addressing these issues is not only necessary but also imperative.
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